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A most ambitious plan comes together tonight for Week 6 of the high school football season. We’ve broadcast four football games in a single day several times over WJPA’s nearly 85-year history. Never have we carried four games all starting within a half-hour of each other! That’s the plan tonight here on the WJPA Sports Network. Two of the three leaders in the 1A Black Hills meet when Wash High visits Bentworth on WJPA-AM (1450). Two more top teams in the Black Hills play at Hill Memorial Stadium as unbeaten Burgettstown entertains Fort Cherry on wjpa.com. 5A Allegheny Six action opens when Trinity hosts Thomas Jefferson on WJPA-FM (95.3) and the 6A Quad County Conference has Canon-McMillan visiting North Allegheny with an audio-only online stream at wjpa.com.  All four games are available online, with audio & video streams for the TJ/Trinity, Wash High/Bentworth and Fort Cherry/Burgettstown games with pregame at 6:30 pm. The Canon-McMillan/North Allegheny pregame is set for 6:50 pm with a 7:30 kickoff in Wexford.  Watch/Listen Here!

Week 6 Schedule (7:00 pm unless noted)

1A Black Hills
Wash High at Bentworth, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450)  Watch/Listen Here
Fort Cherry at Burgettstown, 6:30 pm, WJPA.com  Watch/Listen Here

1A Tri-County South
West Greene at Avella
Jeff-Morgan at Beth-Center
California at Mapletown
Frazier at Carmichaels

2A Allegheny
Steel Valley at Charleroi

2A Century
Chartiers-Houston at Quaker Valley
Keystone Oaks at McGuffey

3A Interstate
Waynesburg at Southmoreland

4A Big Six
Ringgold at Laurel Highlands

5A Allegheny Six
Thomas Jefferson at Trinity, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3)  Watch/Listen Here
Peters Township at Upper St. Clair

6A Quad-County
Canon-McMillan at North Allegheny, 6:50 pm, WJPA.com (audio only) Listen Here

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